Dating, Marriage, & God

Notes

God created us to know Him in the context of community.

Singleness is not a disease, it’s a gift .

Use your single years to serve the LORD.

Are you working hard at doing ALL you want, or working towards ALL that God wants?

Marriage is a gift from God, but it’s a temporary gift.

Do not make the mission of your marriage your marriage, rather make the mission of your marriage the mission God has given you.

God is enough for ALL of me ALL of the time!

Are you following Jesus where He wants you to go, or are you inviting Jesus to follow you where you’d like to go?

Would you ever build a home on two separate foundations?

BE HOLY!

Form meaningful relationships TODAY w/the same sex – relationships that will HELP one day when you have a meaningful relationship w/the opposite sex.

What I need most from you is _____________.

Verses

{Then the Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone..." Genesis 2:18 NLT}{I want you to be free from the concerns of this life. An unmarried man can spend his time doing the Lord’s work and thinking how to please him. But a married man has to think about his earthly responsibilities and how to please his wife. His interests are divided. In the same way, a woman who is no longer married or has never been married can be devoted to the Lord and holy in body and in spirit. But a married woman has to think about her earthly responsibilities and how to please her husband. I am saying this for your benefit, not to place restrictions on you. I want you to do whatever will help you serve the Lord best, with as few distractions as possible. 1 Corinthians 7:32-35 NLT}{This is a great mystery, but it is an illustration of the way Christ and the church are one. So again I say, each man must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. Ephesians 5:32-33 NLT}{For when the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Mark 12:25 NLT}{But let me say this, dear brothers and sisters: The time that remains is very short. So from now on, those with wives should not focus only on their marriage. 1 Corinthians 7:29 NLT}{And I pray that you being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Ephesians 3:17-19 NLT}{But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy. 1 Peter 1:15 NLT}{God’s will is for you to be holy, so stay away from all sexual sin. 1 Thessalonians 4:3 NLT}{Imitate God, therefore, in everything you do… let there be no sexual immorality, impurity, or greed among you. Such sins have no place among God’s people. Ephesians 5:1-3 NLT}{As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. Proverbs 27:17 NLT}

Quotes

Tim Chester : Marriage is really important because it points to God’s relationship with His people. And yet marriage is not really, really important – it’s not the ultimate thing in life… God is the ultimate, not our spouse, nor our marriage, nor sex. God is. (Gospel Centered Marriage);